TORONTO — The number of public provincial employees in Ontario earning more than $100,000 a year has grown to more than 377,000, with the top spot again going to the CEO of Ontario Power Generation.

The so-called Sunshine List, the disclosure of public sector workers who were paid six figures or more, was released today and the list for 2024 grew by more than 70,000 names.

Treasury Board President Caroline Mulroney says nearly half of the growth on the list was driven by the school board sector.

Ken Hartwick, who ended his tenure as OPG CEO at the end of 2024, had a salary of more than $2 million that year – more than double the second-highest paid employee, also an OPG executive.

Most of the highest-paid employees on the list are OPG executives, hospital presidents and presidents or CEOs of large agencies such as Ontario Health, the Ontario Public Service Pension Board and the Independent Electricity System Operator.

Number four on the list with a nearly $884,000 salary is Phil Verster, who resigned in December as president and CEO of provincial transit agency Metrolinx.

The $100,000 threshold for public sector salary disclosure came into effect in 1996 and with inflation, would be about $180,000 in 2024 dollars.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 28, 2025.

Allison Jones, The Canadian Press